Storage container lid scoop

Abstract

A storage container assembly is disclosed comprising a lid (12) and a base container (13). The lid body has a scoop recess (26) foraged in a forward end for collecting articles, and a handle bar (32) extending from the recess to a rearward end wall (24) of the lid. The handle bar has a hand opening (34) therebeneath, and is positioned on the longitudinal center axis of the lid. The lid pivots about horizontal pivot pins (42) to selectively enclose and uncover the top opening (50) of the container, and the lid is detachable from the container upper rim by the handle bar, whereby enabling a user to collect refuse into the scoop recess.

We claim: 
     
       1. A storage container lid comprising: a lid body removably positionable upon an upper rim of a storage container and enclosing a forward portion of an upwardly opening internal storage chamber of the storage container, and the lid body having an upwardly opening scoop recess at a forward end of the lid body, defined by spaced apart sidewalls, a bottom floor surface, and a rearward end wall located substantially midway between the forward end and a rearward end of the lid body, and the scoop recess having an open forward end and an open top for receiving refuse into the scoop recess, and the lid body having an elongate handle bar positioned to extend between the scoop recess and the rearward end of the lid body, above and inward of the upper rim of the container.   
     
     
       2. A lid according to claim 1, wherein the lid body having pivotal attachment means for pivotally mounting the lid body to the container upper rim, the lid body pivoting about a horizontal axis to pivot the scoop recess downward and selectively expose the container storage chamber. 
     
     
       3. A lid according to claim 2, wherein the pivotal attachment means comprising horizontally extending first and second pivot pins, each extending outward from a respective side of the lid body and residing within first and second sockets in the container upper rim. 
     
     
       4. A lid according to claim 3, wherein the lid body scooping recess pivoting downward into the container storage chamber. 
     
     
       5. A lid according to claim 4, wherein the container sockets opening upward and the lid body pivot pins having a dimension and position to drop downward into the container sockets. 
     
     
       6. A lid according to claim 1, wherein the lid body having a top, bottom, forward, and rearward surfaces and two sidewalls extending between the forward and rearward surfaces, and the scoop recess is formed within the top lid body surface and extends forward to the lid body forward surface. 
     
     
       7. A lid according to claim 6, wherein the lid body forward surface having a relatively low height. 
     
     
       8. A lid according to claim 7, wherein the handle bar comprising a hand grip member extending backward toward the rearward lid body surface, and a hand opening positioned below the hand grip member to facilitate a digital grasping of the hand grip member by a user. 
     
     
       9. A lid according to claim 8, wherein the hand grip member extending along a longitudinal central axis of the lid body. 
     
     
       10. A waste receptacle lid comprising: a lid body removeably positionable upon an upper rim of a storage container and enclosing a forward portion of an upwardly opening internal storage chamber of the storage container, and the lid body having an upwardly opening scoop recess formed in a forward end of the lid body for collecting refuse, the scoop recess being defined by spaced apart sidewalls, a bottom floor surface, and a rearward end wall positioned to transversely extend across the lid body substantially midway between the forward end and a rearward end of the lid body, and an elongate handle bar extending rearward from the scoop recess to the rearward end of the lid body, the handle bar having a location above a rearward portion of the storage container internal storage chamber and within the upper rim of the container, and the lid body being detachable from the container upper rim by the handle bar.   
     
     
       11. A lid according to claim 10, wherein the lid body having pivotal attachment means for pivotally mounting the lid body to the container upper rim, the lid body pivoting about a horizontal axis to selectively uncover a portion of the container storage chamber. 
     
     
       12. A lid according to claim 11, wherein the pivotal attachment means comprising horizontally extending first and second pivot pins, each extending outward from a respective side of (he lid body and residing within first and second sockets in the container upper rim. 
     
     
       13. A lid according to claim 12, wherein the lid body scoop recess pivots downward into the container storage chamber, whereby depositing its contents into the chamber. 
     
     
       14. A lid according to claim 13, wherein the container sockets open upward and the lid body pivot pins having a dimension and position to drop downward into the container sockets. 
     
     
       15. A lid according to claim 10, wherein the scoop recess communicates with a forward wall of the lid body, and the forward wall has a relatively low height. 
     
     
       16. A lid according to claim 15, wherein the lid body further comprising a hand opening positioned below the handle bar to facilitate a manual grasping of the handle bar by a user, and a through-channel extending through the lid body from the rearward portion of the storage container internal storage chamber to the lid body hand opening. 
     
     
       17. A lid according to claim 16, wherein the handle bar extends along a longitudinal central axis of the lid body.